Locking device for automobile steering wheels.



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" Patented 0012.11, 1910.

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D. J. ELLO'TT a WQ WK REILLY. LOCKING DEVICE roAUToMc-BILE sffnarrzf WEBSLS.

` APPLICATION FILED JUHEZP, 1816.

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. yDAVIL'I) J'. yELLIOTT AND WILLIAM W. REILLY. v0]? I-ON'IE VISTA, COLOBKDO.

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` To all wle/)mit may concern: p Y

Be it known that We, Diario J. ELLior: und Timminf. Humm'. citizens of the United Sintes, residing :xt Monte Vista, iu

y for automobile stes-ring Wheels, so that when thc chauffeurorowner leaves his automobile, he con lock 1t so as to'pifcvcnt any umu The invention has for one of its objects t0 provide un extremely simple, practical and effective locking device which lcan be readily loclred'ulfeu the occupent of the car wishes to remler it inoperative, the. lock bw' ing released by the insertion .of :i key.

Q0 Another object of the invention isili@ provision of a locking puwl or bolt on the steering column which engages parts o?" the steering or Wheel shaft. so :is tol loci; the,

,front ivh'cels while they are tilted either to street. i

With these objectsin zindiotliers,

, as will appesi* as the description proceedsI the invention cornprise the various novel features of construction and armuLg'sement of parts which willbe nforcfully described hereinafter and set forth. with part-iculurity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accom olivineV drawings, which illustrate one cui. odimcht of the invention, Figure 1 is u side view of a steering column for an automobile equipped with the im proved locking device. Fig. `2 isa bottom eispective View of the upper portion of' the steerilugr shaft. Fig. 8 is s perspective view of the upper portion of the column.y Fig. 4': is u vertical transverse section 'ou line 1 -4,-

Fig. 1.` Figs. 5` and 6 nre sectionalr views y on lines i4-5 and 6-6, respectively, of Fig, 1. Flg. T

is n. detail sectional View of the lock. y f y Simi-lar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingv parts throughout the views. 1

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the tubular steering postv or column of au automobile on which is rotatably mounted' thc steering shaft 2 that .may be provided with u Wheelr 3 or on ordinary seering lover.

,55; Thc shaft E2- is rovidecl at a ,flint immedioteiy below the wheel 3 wh un annular the Stateot Coloruddliave iuventc'tlnew the curb of the,

Specification of Letters Patfnt.

y ratenteaoet. '11, foto.v Application iiiedJune 28, 1910. Serial No. 569,348.

flange or shoulder which-sets the. upper' end of the column, said upper end being enlarged at 5. to receive the annular lian e 4 on the steering shaft. On the shaft 1s a dust collar or ring 6 that coversthe upper end of the column, and onthe ring is s peripheral depending flange or rim that fits around the enlargedcnd of the column. In one side of the column is a recess 7 which opens into the bore of the column, and disposed in'this recess is a longitudinally-movable locking bolt S. This bolt is adapted. to

enter between tivo sets of shoulders or. walls 9 and 10 formed by receing the annular flange-on Lhevsteering shaft. These recesses vare so disposed that wheny the boli; enters either'one, the front wheels of the vehicle will be lturned to the ri ht or left so` as to lock against the curb o the street. To facilitate the movement of the steering shaft so us'to bring either recess in alinement with the bolt, the dust cap or ring is provided.

with .marks 11 opposite theyrecesses in the vannular flange so that by bringing either mark opposite a mark or index 12 of the post, the. bolt. will be opposite the desired recess. This bolt is slida fastened to the outside of thepost and the le in a casing 13l lower. end of the. bolt has a. finger piece or g5 knob 14 whereby the bolt can e raised nr locking osition. .,.Norrnsiiy, the bolt 1s held unlocke by a spring` 15 so that it is neces` i' sary to push the knob 14 upwrdly against the' tension of the sprin when the bolt is to be locked. When the olt is pressed up. wardly, a s rino; catch 16 in the casing 13 envages a. s ouloer 17 on the bolt and thusv ho ds the bolt in locking position. Thisy spring catch is released by a key that is insertible through an' opening 18'irrthe casing 13. and by turning the key, the spring catch will bc presse to rme sirlc to vallow the locking bolt to be retracted nr unlocked by itsL spring. y Y

From the foregoing description, taker. in connection Awith the accompanying drawingsv` the advantages of the construction' and' method of operation vwill be readilyl apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and lWhile we have described the principle of operation of the invention. to other with the' device which we now consi ler to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire to have it understood that the flevice'shown is merely illustrative, and that -such changes muy be mudo when deslsf 10o v f 105 y :xppen ded hereto;

sired are within the scope'of the claims Having thus described the inye'ntion, what l we claim as new, is:-

l, vA steering device for vehicles com ris` ing relatively#rotatable elements, one o the elements having spaced'V recesses, a bolt v l mounied to move longitudinal! of the othery i element und to enter either .o

cesses, a sprin Vfor holding the bolt; re-` the bolt to lockthe said re- I :for turning the shafra flange arranged on 'l the shaft and set into the column, said flan e having recesses, a bolt mounted on the/col-v umn and arranged to enter the said recesses,

, and a key-releusedleaf spring in the column 1 disposed alongside of the bolt; to

ing means for the latter.

` form lock` 3. The combination of a steerin -column havnigan enlarged upper-end a s aft provided with an annular flange oused in the vupper end of the column, a dustl ring fashtened r'ovthe shaft andrcovering thev upper end of the column, :i loclrin bolt mounted en the column and arrange to engage the 3C said flange to prevent turning of the shaft,

.means for normally holding the bolt in nnlocked position', and. a key-released catchV adapted to set uutoni'aticully when the bolt is `moved to locking position. 35

A 4. The combination of nsteerin column, a' shaft mounted therein, 'u loc 'ing bolt mounted on one of Ythe said parts. means on the other Jort with which the bolt engages,

a casing in which theboltis housed, i. knob 4` 0 connected with the bolt and extendinu ont of the casing, means for norinallv holding the bolt in unlocked position, and ineens for automatically engaging thel bolt when moved t o`locked position Afor holding the 45 ysanicnsuld casing having :in opening forrefcewxng :i key kto release the lust-mentioned.

tures 1n presence of two Witnesses.

DAVID J. nLLro'm. -WILLLnu W. REILLY.

vInt'estimony whereof we affix our signa# l ."tnesses:V A- OSCAR E. Linommonxu, Almeno H. @Arima 

